Bedroom Tax Applies Even When Children Must Share Very Small Rooms

A court ruling has prompted the government to remind councils that the bedroom tax applies even when children are forced to share very small rooms. In an information bulletin issued to council housing benefit staff, the DWP highlighted town halls of their legal duty to consider a Court of Appeal judgement handed down on 24 June. The DWP had appealed an Upper Tribunal ruling in favour of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council and mum-of-two Rachel Hockley concerning the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (RSRS) – more commonly referred to as the bedroom tax. Read more on Inside Housing.

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